Star Weekly looks back through the pages of our predecessors.
35 years ago
December 8, 1987
The Sunbury Jewellery Store in Evans Street was this week the target of a robbery which netted thieves over $10,000 worth of gold and silver chains, bracelets and diamond set rings.
30 years ago
December 8, 1992
The Minister for Recreation and Sport, Gisborne MP Tom Reynolds, and Tullamarine MP Bernie Finn have both reacted swiftly to concern that recent cuts in education spending would abolish inter-secondary school sport.
25 years ago
December 9, 1997
Gisborne is renowned for its annual festival which attracts visitors from far and wide.
20 years ago
December 10, 2002
Federal Burke MP Brendan O’Connor has called for the return of The Ashes urn “in the interests of the spirit of cricket”.